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Interviewee:

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Group f.64  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

33 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 December 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Joseph A. Danysh conducted by Lewis Ferbraché on 1964 December 3 for the Archives of American Art.

Danysh speaks of his background and education at Columbia University; moving to California; starting a gallery in a store in San Francisco; critics' reaction to the art in the gallery; the beginning of the f64 photography group; opening a short lived gallery with Ansel Adams; writing an art column; starting out with the Federal Art Project, directing the project in Northern California; how the project was administered; particular projects he was involved in; his feelings about government support for the arts. He recalls Beniamino Bufano, Holger Cahill, William Gaskin, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Bernard Zakheim.

Biographical / Historical:

Joseph A. Danysh (1906-1982) was an art administrator from Monterey, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 43 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.danysh64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw986a531c9-ffae-442d-a88e-c3ea215b18ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-danysh64

Creator:

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

196-?

Citation:

William Gaskin. Excerpt of a William Gaskin lecture on art in the home, 196-?. Rudolph Schaeffer papers, 1880s-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11958

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Rudolph Schaeffer papers, 1880s-1997

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_11958

Interviewee:

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Subject:

Bufano, Beniamino  Search this

Hiler, Hilaire  Search this

Kingman, Dong  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Gaskin, 1964 Feb. 28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13031

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213560

AAA_collcode_gaskin64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213560

Interviewee:

Cunningham, Ben, 1904-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966  Search this

Extent:

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 October 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ben Cunningham conducted 1964 October 24, by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art.

Cunningham speaks of his early career in San Francisco during the Depression; the art market there; working as a muralist in the Federal Art Project; political and media problems encountered by the project, including strikes by workers; the work of the Index of American Design in California; working on naval architecture during Work War II; and his philosophies about painting. He recalls Joseph Danysh, William Gaskin, and Hilaire Hiler.

Biographical / Historical:

Ben Cunningham (1904-1975) was a painter, educator, and mural painter in New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 8 min.

Sound quality is poor.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.cunnin64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw986588f0c-5a73-4830-9eb3-5f089de3c3fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cunnin64

Interviewee:

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966  Search this

Kingman, Dong, 1911-  Search this

Extent:

4 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings , analog, 7-1/2 ips, 7 in.)

42 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Feb. 28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of William Gaskin conducted 1964 Feb. 28, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art.

Gaskin speaks of his education at the San Francisco Institute of Art; his early interest in theater and literature; and his involvement with the WPA-FAP in San Francisco. He discusses a WPA mosaic project; how artists' careers were affected by the WPA; and the effects of politics on the WPA. He mentions Beniamino Bufano, Hilaire Hiler, and Dong Kingman.

Biographical / Historical:

William Gaskin, b. 1892; d. 1968, Art administrator of San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gaskin64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw989a4cb1e-76c2-47f5-aacb-d9c91f801474

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gaskin64